The adoption of this Comprehensive Greenways Master Plan completes a process which has provided opportunities for comment and has assimilated input from a variety of sources including citizens, professional staff, Advisory Board and Greenways Commission members and the Town Council. Opportunities for citizen participation have been frequent. Several different methods of gauging public sentiment have been used, including informal meetings and formal public hearings.
The adoption of this Plan and its recommendations reflect the broad sense of participation and ownership the Chapel Hill community has with its greenway system. This positive endorsement will help ensure that the program remains a priority for its continued development and improvement.
Implementation of a master
plan, by definition, is a long-term process. Over the next several decades and
beyond, the Town will experience an almost constant need to adapt to growth and
change. Public objectives, local situations and funding opportunities are
constantly in flux. In order to accommodate such changes, the Comprehensive
Greenways Master Plan should be viewed as a working document. The Town should
update it approximately every three to five to ten years
to ensure the continued improvement and enhancement of the Chapel Hill Greenway
System.